Detachable handle for sewing-machine wheels.



H. J. & U. B. GORTONG; J. M. RICHARDS. DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR SEWINGMACHINE WHEELS. APPLICATION FILED APR-1'1. 1908.

923,354. Patented June 1, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

IIORTENSE J. GORTON, OHAUNGEY B. GORION, AND JESSIE M. RICHARDS, OFMEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

DETACI-IABLE HANDLE FOR SEWING-MACHINE WHEELS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HORTENSE J. Gon'ron, GHAITNCEY B. GoR'roN, andJESSIE M. Bronanos, citizens of the United States, residing at Medford,in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Detachable Handles for Sewing-MachinelVheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to a handle used in connection with theflywheel of an ordinary sewing machine, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a detachable handle which can be used in connectionwith various types of wheels and another object is to provide adetachable handle which can be connected to either the interior orexterior face of the wheel rim.

lVith these objects in view, our invention consists in the specialfeatures, hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification:Figure l is aperspective view of a handle constructed in accordance with ourinvention, and disconnected from the wheel. Fig. 2 is an elevationshowing the wheel rim in section, and Fig. 3 is an elevation showing aportion of the wheel rim in elevation also.

It frequently happens that the machine cannotbe worked from the treadlebut can be worked from the fly-wheel and handles have been connected tothis wheel for the purpose of operating a sewing machine by hand, butmost of these handles have been of such a character they can only beused with a special construction of wheel, and at certain points of thewheel, and the main object of our invention is to provide a detachablehandle of such construction that it can be used upon a number ofdifferent styles of wheels and can be attached to either the inner orouter portion of the wheel rim.

I11 carrying out our invention, we employ Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 17, 1908.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Serial No. 427,571.

a wooden handle A through which passes the shank B, the forward portionof said shank being enlarged at G and formed into a circular boss.Beyond this boss C is an integral curved finger D, the free end of whichis wider than that portion thereof adjoining the boss C, and this fingeris curved downwardly and rearwardly to a point beneath the boss C, asmost clearly shown in F 2. The boss C has a threaded opening producedtherein, said opening being at an oblique angle to the longitudinaldiameter of the shank B, and working through this threaded opening is ascrew E provided with a milled head E. The finger D is so shaped andarranged with reference to the shank and boss, that it can be fittedaround the rim F of the wheel and then the screw E is screwed down tobind upon the edge of the rim and securely fasten the handle to thewheel, and owing to the curve of the finger and the oblique position ofthe screw, our handle can be fitted to varying types of wheels andfurthermore, can be connected to either the interior or exterior face ofthe rim.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is A detachable handle for sewingmachine wheels comprising a shank having a handle portion, a curvedfinger carried by an end of said shank, the said finger curving backupon the shank, and a locking screw working obliquely through said shanktoward and at an angle to the free end of the curved finger.

HORTENSE J. GORTON.

CI-IAUNOEY B. GORTON. JESSIE M. RICHARDS.

lVitnesses EDITH I. OARLSON, KATHARINE B. GoRToN.

